Pollination of Empire apple trees

Your Empire apple tree is in flowering group 4.
It is partially self-fertile, but a nearby pollination partner is beneficial.
The following varieties will pollinate this apple tree.
(Most crab-apples will also be good pollinators for this variety).

GoldRush is a modern disease-resistant apple, like Golden Delicious but with a better tart/sweet balance. It is also one of the best new hard-cider varieties.More info >Flowering group: 4Self-sterilePicking: Very-Late season

Miller's SeedlingA small early-season English apple, popular in late Victorian times.

Mollie's DeliciousA very good to excellent early apple ripening. Fruits are large to very large, conical in shape with a pinkish red color. Has an exceptionally pleasing aftertaste. This quality can be maintained in storage for at least 10 weeks under refrigeration.

New Rock PippinAn old English late-season dessert apple variety originating from Cambridgeshire. Highly regarded by 19th century writers for its dry firm flesh and rich flavour and hint of anise.

Newton WonderA 19th century English cooking apple, still popular as a UK garden apple variety.

OpalA modern apple from the Czech Republic, related to Golden Delicious and Topaz.

Opal (Seabrook)An early-season English apple, with very similar qualities to one of its parents, Worcester Pearmain.

OpalescentA popular large New England apple, sweet, crunchy, juicy, hint of strawberries - a well-flavoured apple.

OrioleAn early-season American apple from the University of Minnesota.

Ozark GoldVery similar to Golden Delicious. Flavor is sweet, honeyed, very juicy with little acidity.

Peasgood's NonsuchHighly esteemed culinary apple. Large pale yellow-green fruit, deepening to orange-yellow with short stripes of bright red and some russet patches. Good acid-sweet flavor, cooks to a froth.

Norfolk Royal RussetNorfolk Royal Russet is one of the best-looking russet apples, with a superb rich sweet flavour.

Northern GreeningA very old English apple, widely grown by the 19th century and probably the forebear of many of the major Victorian-era culinary apples.

King of the PippinsA good early/mid-season dual-purpose variety, thought to originate from 18th century France (where it is known as Reine de Reinettes) but widely grown in England since Victorian times.

PixieA popular garden variety, and a very good Cox substitute, quite sharp flavour

Rosemary RussetA classic English russet apple from the Victorian era, though not as well known as its contemporaries.

RubinolaA mid-season disease-resistant variety from the Czech Republic, with a very good flavor.

Saint EverardOne of the more unusual Cox-derived apples, Saint Everard is the result of Cox pollinated by a well-regarded old English variety, Margil. As might be expected it has a high quality aromatic flavour. However it suffers from the cultural difficulties of Cox's Orange Pippin and did not achieve commercial success.

Sans PareilAn English apple variety from the Victorian era, or possibly earlier, with a good flavour, deserves to be more widely grown.

ScrumptiousA new early-season English dessert apple, with very good flavour.

ShenandoahQuite similar to its parent Opalescent, and a pleasant sweet apple in its own right

Crab apples

It is worth remembering that many (but not all)crab apple trees make excellent pollinators for almost any apple variety. This is because they produce very large quantities of pollen over a long period and are (with some exceptions) only distantly related to mainstream apple varieties so their pollen is highly compatible.

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